AALA 41st Educational Symposium
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2021 Candidates for President-elect and AALA Directors
AALA Members may now vote in the 2021 Election for President-elect and AALA Directors until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, August 14, 2021. President -Elect Jeff Peterson Jeff Peterson is a partner with Lathrop GPM LLP out of its St. Cloud, Minnesota office. Jeff practices in the areas of commercial transactions, creditor’s rights, bankruptcy, and agricultural […]
Featured Member: Joan Archer
Employer: Farmobile LLC Education and Work Experience: B.A., Gonzaga University (1982) M.A. Wayne State University (Detroit) (1984) J.D. University of Kansas (1992) Ph.D. University of Kansas (1993) After law school, I served as Law Clerk to Justice Fred N. Six of the Kansas Supreme Court. I worked as a trial lawyer at several firms, focused […]
AALA Member in the News: Larry Gearhardt
Larry Gearhardt Barrett, Easterday, Cunningham & Eselgroth, LLP Ohio Agriculture Hall of Fame 2020 Inductee “Equally comfortable in blue jeans or a suit, Larry R. Gearhardt moves with ease from his small family farm, raising crops and livestock, to the Ohio Statehouse, lobbying on behalf of Ohio agriculture. Gearhardt began his career at a local […]
Featured Member: Austin Vincent
Employer: I am currently a third-year law student at Texas Tech University School of Law with post-graduate plans to work for Crenshaw Dupree & Milam. Education and Work Experience: Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D.; Texas Tech University, B.B.A. and B.S.; Research Fellow for the National Agricultural Law Center (2019-2020) How did you get […]
Featured Member: Ted Feitshans
Employer: University of Mount Olive, Division of Agriculture Mount Olive, North Carolina. Teach a full range of agribusiness courses in the undergraduate agribusiness program. 9/1/2016 to present Extension Professor Emeritus North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE), Raleigh, North Carolina Education and Work Experience: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, J.D., CUM LAUDE, […]
Featured Member: Megan Provost
Employer: RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) Education and Work Experience: BS and MS in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University; JD from the George Washington University Law School How did you get interested/involved in agriculture law? I grew up on a farm in central Indiana, where I was involved in 4-H and FFA […]
2020 Cancellation Policy
Cancel through September 8 (Tuesday after Labor Day) for a full refund less a $50 administrative fee Cancel September 9 through November 4 (the Monday before the week of the Symposium, and the last day for Online Registration) for a 50% refund Cancellation after November 4 is not refundable NOTE: At any time, registrations may […]
Webinar: Hemp in 2020: A Legal and Regulatory Update for Counsel to Growers, Landlords, Lenders, Processors, and Sellers.
Jonathan Havens Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP will cover federal and state requirements governing hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products, providing an in-depth look at the current rules of the road and offering predictions for how the landscape could change. Mila Buckner Hodgson Russ, LLP, will discuss the current regulatory environment for […]
Featured Member: Paul Goeringer
Employer: University of Maryland Education and Work Experience: University of Arkansas, M.S. Agricultural Economics, LL.M. Agricultural Law; University of Oklahoma, J.D., Oklahoma State University, B.S. Agricultural Economics 2012 – Current, Extension Legal Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland 2008 – 2012, Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of […]